Cloth Diapering, Day 123 (Cost of diapering)

So, many months ago, I said that I would post again about cloth diapering. It has been a success, and a big money saver for us. Here's a breakdown of what we have spent in the last 4 months. (note that we received some old-style diapers, some absorbent "inserts", and a couple of diaper covers for Paul's baby shower)

Cost breakdown:
$40 Additional Washing & Drying cost ($10/mo)
$13 Disposable Baby Wipes
$  1 Flannel for cloth wipes
$42 Purchased Cloth Diaper Covers
$23 Waterproof fabric (PUL), and drawstring, cordstops, snaps and zipper for wetbags

Total for first 4 months:
$123 for 123 days of diapering, or $30.75 each month. A good savings perhaps (I don't really follow the cost of disposables), but it gets better.

Cost breakdown for the next 4 months:

$40 Additional Washing & Drying cost ($10/mo)
$  0 Disposable Baby Wipes
$  0 Purchased Cloth Diaper Covers (but the reality will probably be that I will spend $20 on more diaper covers.
$  0 Cloth diaper/wetbag fabric
$  0 Drawstring/cordstops for wetbag

Total for the next 4 months:
$40 for 123 days of diapering, or $10 each month.

Paul has grown lots since he was first put in his "one size" cloth diaper. He fits into them better now. This diaper cover is one of my favorites, and is advertised as one that will fit babies from 8-35 pounds.

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It's lots easier to buy covers than to sew them, but homemade ones can be cute, once the time is put in for them. I made these covers with a modified Snap Happy Diaper Cover pattern. These two covers won't fit Paul for as long as the Flip diapers, but they have been extremely helpful in letting us go 3 days between doing diaper laundry.

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I'll post about cloth diaper accessories (wetbags, bucket, snappi, wipes, etc) later.